Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Banking and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 0.18% or 0.15 points to trade at 83.70 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) unchanged 0.10% or 0.00 points to end at 1.03 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 0.07% or 0.10 points to 153.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which lost 4.32% or 3.00 points to trade at 66.50 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 4.17% or 6.00 points to end at 138.00 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) shed 4.10% or 0.64 points to 14.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.36% or 0.17 to $46.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.01% or 0.51 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.21 to trade at $1290.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.10% to 9.3332, while USD/NOK rose 0.38% to 7.9543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.59.